Cacti (Little Plant Library)

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Summary: An excellent book for beginners who want to grow cacti.
Review: Terry Hewitt has been a collecteor of cacti and other succulent plants for 40 years. For 25 of those years he has been growing the plants commercially at the well known Hollygate Cactus Nursery in Sussex, England.
His new publication is an excellent book for beginners who want the basics. Terry introduces you to the history of cacti and in the main deals with plants which are fairly common and often available from plant sources. You will learn how to buy and select the best plants, how to look after them, propagate them and control pests and diseases. A seasonal calendar is included explaining what to do during the different seasons of the year.
Information is additionally given on indoor arrrangements, greenhouse and outdoor growing. And a color photo section of about 50 varieties of cacti is included which tells you the origin of each variety, gives a botanical description and the expected height and spread of the plants when given pot culture.